Report: Cape Wind unlikely to be done by mid-2015

View full sizeAssociated PressIn this July 11, 2006 file photo, a vessel sails towards a wind farm off the coast of Whitstable on the north Kent coast in southeastern England.

BOSTON — New England's power grid manager says it's unlikely the long-planned Cape Wind offshore wind project will be producing electricity by mid-2015, raising the prospect of more delays in a project beset by them.

Grid operator ISO New England made the determination about Cape Wind in a Jan. 3 report, explaining why it rejected Cape Wind's bid to participate in a power market it oversees.

The wind project was proposed in 2001 and has faced obstacles that have repeatedly forced its timeline to be extended. And last May, its efforts to win a federal loan guarantee were stalled partly because of concerns about its readiness.

A Cape Wind official says the ISO report is just an opinion and it's very likely Cape Wind will be running by June 2015.